First, my car pops the passenger side front tire. Thankfully, no one was hurt. I got it replaced but I need to have my paycheck hurry up and deposit so I can get the other side replaced to balance it out.
Next, after replacing the throttle on an e-scooter, I find that I need to replace the brake as that is electronically wired and keeping the scooter from going (I found frayed wires connecting to the controller board). More money to spend on a scooter I found at the dumpster.
Lastly, after Nobara was practically screaming at me to update it, I go to log in and KDE Plasma crashes after log on. Thankfully, a quick search turned up a solution that got my desktop environment back up and running.
This was just Friday. I dread to know what my weekend will be like, since I'm the on-call technician this weekend.
"Funny" story incoming.
I was thinking of soldering, except I don't have solder. Or a soldering iron. So I tried to splice the wires together, like hot-wiring a car, then put aluminum foil and masking tape to cover the splices because I also don't have electrical tape. It turned out too janky to use. It made the wires too short, plus they are flimsy so the splices came apart easily, so I abandoned that idea. For the cost of the iron, the solder, and the tape, I can order the new part and just be done with it. That's if nothing else breaks on the e-scooter.
How much is the new part?
This is only 25 bucks https://pine64.com/product/pinecil-smart-mini-portable-soldering-iron/
Or you could get some wire and these https://www.amazon.com/Kuject-Connectors-Waterproof-Electrical-Automotive/dp/B0D3QF6VC4
No need to replace something that can still be fixed. Also if you got a soldering iron you can use it for other things in the future
The new part is $25. And I'm not gonna be using a soldering iron often. I get what you're saying but it's not the right move for me.